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07-03-2008, 08:16 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | | Is this carved or laminated?
Hi everybody. I've found someone in my city selling a violin, and I just wanted to see if it was fully carved, so I'll post some pictures of it. Although it's not a bass, I know the luthiers and players here will still be very knowledgeable on the topic. I have some picture of it from the sides, so any opinions are welcome. As far as I know, the strings and bridge are missing, so the soundpost is likely going to be missing too. I'm thinking of using this as a luthier project before working on my bass.
Thanks!
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07-03-2008, 09:10 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Nice one Ken, and accurate too! 
Nathan, its easiest to see the short grain of the top and back by looking at the end of the fiddle. If its good wood you'll see the top grain all standing up like llllllllllllllll |
07-03-2008, 11:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | | Look at the worn corners. Does anybody else see a hint of a ply? Maybe I'm imagining things. |
07-03-2008, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Port, Florida | | | To my knowledge, there's no such thing as a ply violin. Heaven forbid - it would be totally muffled, NO ring to it. Yuck. Heavy, too. |
07-03-2008, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Port, Florida | | | PS - I'm a violinist learning bass. Got a great ply bass from Ideal Music in NYC! |
07-03-2008, 02:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Elisa  To my knowledge, there's no such thing as a ply violin. Heaven forbid - it would be totally muffled, NO ring to it. Yuck. Heavy, too. | Of course there are plywood violins: I played in a high school orchestra full of them, years back. Ken's right about this one, though. |
07-03-2008, 02:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mjt0229 Of course there are plywood violins: I played in a high school orchestra full of them, years back. Ken's right about this one, though. | Oh, perhaps there's a difference between ply and laminate that I'm confusing. I always assumed they were synonymous. |
07-03-2008, 03:51 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | | Is it worth buying? The owner said they'd take $50 for it, as they have 0 experience with violins, and knows nothing about them. I just want it as a project.
So, any opinions?
Thanks! |
07-03-2008, 03:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith Partially carved and partially bent..! | What do you mean when you say partially bent? |
07-03-2008, 05:00 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | | OK, thanks! |
07-17-2008, 05:56 AM
| | Langer | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cork, Ireland-exiled to London | | | What happened to Ken's posts??
It's hard to learn when the answers have been deleted |
07-22-2008, 08:30 PM
| | | Hey, I'm new here, so first I should say, "Hi, y'all." 
I'm entering a bit late on this but I thought I'd say that the violin is without a doubt a solid wood fiddle, not ply (or laminate). Been fixing them for thirty years now so it's pretty easy to tell, even in a photo.  |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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